From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"It's been so long, but I still haven't found anything about Peeves' songs..."

William put down the quill in his hand and sighed - it was the first time he encountered such a difficult problem.

He tried to extract that memory and then transcribed the voice. This step was successful, but it was also the only success.

After using a sound storage technique similar to a roaring letter, he decisively took the song and asked everyone he could in the entire Hogwarts castle - whether the other person was alive or not.

He visited the ghosts living in Hogwarts, the oil paintings on the walls, the knowledgeable professors, and even Dumbledore's office twice, once to inquire about Dumbledore and once to inquire about the previous principals on the wall.

But here's the magical part - no one could understand it. If it weren't for William's solemn assurance that it was a magical melody, some people even thought that William was using some weird noise to make a joke.

Even when he told Dumbledore that the voice came from Peeves, the elf on campus, and that it might be a special secret hidden in Hogwarts, Dumbledore just smiled and told - "Hogwarts There are simply too many secrets, and no one can completely explore all the secrets of this castle. Maybe this is your own adventure, Professor William, why don't you try to decipher it?"

That's very good, but it's a pity that William still doesn't have any clue.

Moreover, when it was almost a week before Christmas, the situation suddenly became tense and he could no longer focus on deciphering Peeves' song.

The Magical Congress on the other side of the ocean had to relocate due to an accidental burnout. Although the American wizarding community did not violate the secrecy laws and expose it to the public, the location of the new headquarters has not been selected.

In order to investigate the arson case at the Magic Congress, the Magic Congress began to recruit strikers on a large scale and passed various bills to give Aurors more rights.

Correspondingly, various channels were also strictly inspected. As a result, the communication channels that William spent money from the Ministry of Magic to inquire about prices in the local wizarding community were severely hindered. It even took a week for the news to return to the British wizarding community.

Not only news, but also supplies - Striker's detection has slowed down the flow of supplies in the local magic world a lot, and because of the need to build a new headquarters, the raw materials required for the new capitol building took up a lot of the resources previously obtained from hemp. The Gua world has a safe channel to obtain supplies, making prices even more unstable.

This series of operations made William look stupid.

He knew very well that the wizarding world needed to replenish supplies from Muggle society - because some of his previous inmates were imprisoned for free by helping the Ministry of Magic share some of the tasks...

Take Hogwarts as an example. How many students are there in Hogwarts Castle? How big is a greenhouse? Those dishes were not enough to harm Hufflepuff himself, let alone feed the entire castle.

Although British food can hardly be called delicious, the canteen still provides a large amount of food that is definitely not ordinary every day - you can only buy it.

Vegetables, flour, seasonings, meat…

These things are purchased and sent to Hogwarts, and then processed by the kitchen - but there are not many places in the wizarding world where they are grown on a large scale.

If you ask a group of wizards to learn to take care of Muggle plants, it will obviously not be as good as their output of producing herbs or cultivating magical creatures. Therefore, most of the food is purchased from the Muggle world through a series of channels and enters the wizarding society. .

The exchange of Muggle currency in Gringotts is not for display. Although the currency is a drop in the bucket, it can still be used to purchase Muggle supplies together with the currency obtained by the Ministry of Magic from other channels.

This is also one of the important reasons why the Ministry of Magic's finances are so bad but it is always rich - because the Ministry of Magic itself controls an important collection channel, selling vegetables...

Of course, some wizards live in the Muggle world and cannot buy with Galleons - it doesn't matter, the Gringotts system through which they exchange currency is also under the control of the Ministry of Magic.

But there is a small problem. Even if the Minister of Magic often talks to the Muggle Prime Minister, when it comes to food security issues and economic benefits of the Ministry of Magic, this channel is generally very stable and limited, and there is almost no way to do it. Sudden increase.

They usually disguise themselves as the procurement channels of large enterprises or large factories, and then use various magical means to disguise themselves. It is usually easy to deceive them, but once the usage increases, it is easy to cause problems.

This is still in the United Kingdom, which has contact with the Muggle world - the Magical Congress of the United States never communicates with the local No-Majs (what an awkward name, William frowned), and their channels are usually more covert. good…

But now, this is a big problem - MACUSA has no way to increase the channels for replenishing supplies from the local area...

'These losers...'

William secretly cursed, but he also knew that those people must rebuild the headquarters as soon as possible to show that the entire magical world is still under the control of the Magic Congress - if even the headquarters is destroyed and cannot be rebuilt quickly, How does this make others believe in the strength of the Magical Congress?

'There is no doubt about it...the Dark Lord did it...'

He was almost certain - he just didn't know how the other party operated to allow one person to ignite the fire in the headquarters to that extent under heavy protection.

"Let's talk to Dumbledore again. The protection of Azkaban must be further improved to prevent those people..."

William shook his head, collected the information he had read, put it in a paper bag, and walked towards Dumbledore's office.

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"That's it, that's it, Longbottom."

In the dim Potions classroom, Slughorn couldn't stop the smile on his face no matter what.

He knew he would encounter a surprise before coming to Hogwarts, but he never imagined that this surprise would be so pleasant.

Originally, he set up the potions cram school mainly for Harry. The rest of the students who seemed to be able to be saved half felt that they still had some potential, and the other half was simply to prevent some bad things from teaching Harry alone. Comment.

But he never expected that he would get such a surprise - Harry's improvement had already made him feel that the time he spent making up lessons was not wasted at all, but Longbottom simply surprised him.

This student with almost the worst foundation in the class has a mysterious talent for herbal medicine. After a little training, this student can analyze the potion according to the properties of the herbs in the potion formula.

This is not an easy achievement - even he himself is a little jealous of this talent.

"Yours isn't bad either, Harry."

He turned his head and praised Harry unstintingly.

Miss Hermione Granger has an unparalleled talent for reproducing the contents of textbooks. She is always able to perfectly complete the descriptions in the textbooks.

As for Harry, who has been polished, he can quickly understand this or that little trick, and can even develop and apply his own skills according to those skills.

As for Neville, he can even modify the raw materials of some potions according to his own understanding to achieve better effects - although the failure rate is high at the beginning, as he becomes more proficient, his operations can even make Slughorn Be amazed by it!

"Of course, Miss Granger's is also perfect."

He added, praising Snape in his heart - if he hadn't been very happy to study divination, these outstanding students would have left him.

Especially Neville, his foundation is too poor. If he hadn't noticed that he spent a lot of time studying, by the sixth grade, he might not even be qualified to enter the advanced class.

'Of course, there are still some small problems...'

Professor Slughorn felt a little guilty - Professor McGonagall had just talked to him today, because he assigned too many exercises to Neville, which caused his grades in other subjects to drop almost off a cliff...

In the words of Professor McGonagall, "If he doesn't invest time in other courses, I doubt he will be able to obtain several OWLs certificates."

'Actually, it's not a big deal at all - the OWLs certificate is just for finding a job. I can easily help Longbottom get a job that suits him. His talent in potions and herbal medicines is amazing. ! ’

This is what he thinks, and he is prepared to do this - how many people in the entire wizarding world would not give him Slughorn a face? Not to mention that Longbottom's talent is real. Even if his talent in herbalism is excluded, the number of students he has taught who can crush Neville is only a handful. As for adding herbal medicine, then...

However, there was no need to argue with Minerva over this. He raised his head and looked at the time, and persuaded himself with this reason.

"get out of class is about to end, but don't be anxious. The most taboo thing about potions is being impatient. Every step is determined after hundreds of experiments. I don't want you to get hurt because of this!"

He told other students, his eyes full of the joy of success - this comeback was so successful, maybe he should work for another year?

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"Be careful, be cautious."

Purifier Stilwell felt uncomfortable in his No-Maj costume, but he did not dare to move.

The Dark Lord has very complete reward and punishment measures. Once they fail, even they may be hit with the Cruciatus Curse - this is still not a serious enough mistake.

Tonight is Christmas Eve, and the Dark Lord has a great and perfect plan to carry out. They are divided into two teams to carry out the Dark Lord's mission, and his first activity tonight is to say hello to No-Majs.

Yes, say hello.

For example, take them to a Muggle store - an activity where they can shop without using currency.

They even collected a lot of special Muggle potions to incite the crowd, but some Purifiers who had been hiding in the No-Maj world for long enough told them that this was not necessary at all.

However, considering that this was the Dark Lord's order, everyone still carried it out.

"Get ready to revoke the No-Maj banishing spell."

This bustling commercial street not only belongs to No-Majs, but also to wizards - on a slightly remote section of the road, the Muggle-Expelling Curse is widely used, and hidden inside is the most prosperous place in the entire magical world. shopping street.

"Our goal is to drive the No-Majs into chaos, and then weaken the power of the No-Maj Exorcism Curse, prompting the protective personnel inside to come over for maintenance and prevent large-scale leaks. Taking advantage of this opportunity, our personnel will conduct large-scale operations inside Destruction, and arousing people's greed by throwing away precious materials in the store..."

Before they could act, riots and attacks would occur far away from the street, attracting the attention of the Aurors, and by the time all the chaos broke out, it would be too late.

"confirm."

"confirm."

The group of them nodded silently, and Stilwell nodded, blended in with the No-Majs shopping, disguised himself as a No-Maj, smashed the glass of the commercial street, and then began to hold his voice and prepare to shout.

However, before he could do anything, the glass of the shop next to him was broken amidst the whistle.

As No-Maj's 'magic wand' made a sound, the No-Maj guard appeared and lay directly on the ground. Screams suddenly spread, but at the same time there were more crisp glass sounds.

Colorful lights hit the splashing glass shards, creating a strange brilliance. Then, flames sprouted from the cars on the roadside. In addition to panic and screams, cheers appeared in the crowd.

All kinds of No-Majs hummed and began to sneak into those shops, using their magic wands or other things to easily carry out disorderly shopping. A feast that even the executor did not expect began in an instant.

"Find a way to guide them and go over there!"

The purifiers who finally gathered together began to change their plans - but before they could pass by, the maintenance staff of the magic street had already spontaneously appeared and began to maintain the safety of protective spells such as Muggle expulsion spells.

‘It depends on what’s inside. ’

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"Crack!"

"Kacha!"

Chaos sounds resounded on the street, and the display window that had been cast with protective magic was not much stronger than ordinary glass under the attack of black magic.

But not many wizards are willing to help - the high crime rate, high unemployment rate, high prices and chaos during this period have made them more numb than before.

But when items in stores that were priced in galleons were dumped on the streets like rubbish, some wizards were tempted.

Why?

Everyone has a magic wand. You can do it, but I can’t?

Why? You actually raised the price seven times in one month!

No, they can do it, and so can I... Anyway, those strikers and Aurors are also useless, and they haven't been able to catch the rioters for so long...

There are many people who have this idea, especially after the riot has occurred for a period of time and there are still no thugs who should come to maintain law and order.

There is no other way, the impact from the outside world is too strong, especially when the spell is constantly being destroyed, they can only protect it with all their strength to prevent violations of the confidentiality law from happening.

So, in this chaos, the number of wizards who were interested began to increase, and then a little more.

The looters looted the shops whose windows were smashed. After some thought, the people who came after them pulled out their wands and pointed them at the remaining shops...